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[37] [38] [39] Four months later, Alan Eugene Miller, another death row inmate who was found guilty of fatally shooting three people in 1999, was also scheduled to be executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama. [40] On September 26, 2024, Miller was executed by nitrogen gas, becoming the second person after Smith to be executed using this method. [41]
The execution of Alan Eugene Miller (January 20, 1965 – September 26, 2024) took place in the U.S. state of Alabama by nitrogen hypoxia.It was the second execution in both the world and state to use this particular method, following the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in January 2024. [2]
Between 1812 and 1965, 708 people were executed in Alabama. Until 1927, hanging was the primary method of execution, although one person was put to death by firing squad. In addition to murder, capital crimes in Alabama formerly included rape, arson, and robbery. [11]
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital ...
Alabama has called it the "the most painless and humane method of execution known to man," and says he should lose consciousness within a minute or two, and die soon after.
Alabama on Thursday night executed Kenneth Smith, the first death row inmate known to die by nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of execution in the United States that ...
Alabama’s dark history of bungled executions has death penalty advocates raising the alarm about the potential dangers of it becoming the first state to use nitrogen asphyxia. ‘Distressing for ...
Nathaniel Woods was executed at Holman Correctional Facility by lethal injection at 9:01 p.m on March 5, 2020. He did not make a final statement. [6] [15] Shaun King called the execution "a modern day lynching" and said that the state of Alabama "just executed an innocent man."